I think it's more of a cry for help (obviously) and attention. When you really want to kill yourself, you don't overdose on pills. It leaves too much of a chance for you to be discovered and eventually saved. Is he messed up? Of course. Does he really want to die? I don't think so.

The friend mentioned in the report is Owens' publicist, Kim Etheridge, according to reports. She told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News that that reports of an attempted suicide were false.

Etheridge told the Star-Telegram that Owens was "fine."

Etheridge said she called 911 because Owens was groggy and lethargic. After taking some supplements "it kicked in a reaction" with the painkillers, she told the Star-Telegram.

"Here's a person whose body is so clean, it really had a negative reaction to the medication and supplements he was taking," Etheredge told The Morning News. "Thank goodness someone was there to call an ambulance."

Etheridge told The Morning News that Owens has been released from the hospital.

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If this were really a suicide attempt, I doubt he'd be home already. I've seen this plenty of times, these people are tied up in the hospital and a rubber room for days after suicide attempts.

As soon as I heard that he was already released from the hospital, at home, and holding a press conference at 2:30 PM, I knew he didn't try to take his life last night.

EDIT: This from Dallascowboys.com:

Multiple people with knowledge of this sort of incident and these types of investigations maintain that if this indeed was determined to be a suicide attempt the DPD would not be allowing Owens to leave Baylor Medical Center, as he already has, and that it would subject Owens to a 72-hour psychological investigation.

Owens will be holding a 2:30 PM EST press conference outside of his residence.

* T.O. said he's gonna practice tomorrow, and will be able to play this weekend. I say he'll wind up sitting this week out, just "to be safe," and that--hey, look at this!--his first game back will be against the Eagles up in Philadelphia. Ratings bo-nan-za.

* T.O. would never kill himself, because then he wouldn't be able to sit back and enjoy the fuss that everybody was making about him.

* If this was anyone else in the world, I wouldn't be being such an ******* about an attempted suicide--but this is T.O. we're talking about. The man is a walking media circus and the biggest attention whore in all of sports. He's eating this **** up with a spoon.